Reporter safeguards--Protection against adverse employment action--Exclusion

No state agency may take adverse employment action against a reporter because the reporter: (1) Made a good faith report of improper governmental conduct or a crime to an appropriate authority; (2) Filed a complaint; (3) Instituted or caused to be instituted a proceeding; (4) Requested or participated in an audit; (5) Testified, or will testify, in a proceeding; or (6) Exercised any other right or obligation imposed by this chapter or any law of this state. The provisions of this section do not apply to a state employee who made a report knowing the report was false or who made a report in a reckless disregard for the truth. Source: SL 2025, ch 26, § 3.